FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 7 Aug 2014

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Purpose of the meeting: Improve the Wiki

  • Forge solutions with other community contributors.
  • Share best practices, ideas, and content.
  • Discuss current issues, community matters, and strategies.
  • Move issues to decision.


Welcome[edit | edit source]

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Business/Announcements[edit | edit source]

Agenda items[edit | edit source]

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Summary of Yammer[edit | edit source]

FS Wiki Contributors group. 31 September - 7 August

  • CHARLES SMITH tip of the week

problem: little edit boxes on the right side of an article (they are usually opposite a heading) that interfere with an image or table
solution: use HTML to size headers example: instead of ===Heading=== use the less than/more than with h3 and /h3 between them

  • CHARLES SMITH noticed Missouri has a link to a Wiki page Missouri State Archives containing only a link to the desired website Could a possible project be to check all links on State pages to be sure they have something valuable in them?
  • CHARLES SMITH proposed a typical left sidebar for State pages SIDEBAR see his explanation in his Yammer post
  • RANDY HOFFMANN notice a Wiki page with a bunch of special formatting and a slew of links that weren't click-able. When he moved a div closure everything was fixed. CHARLES SMITH commented that when this happens the problem is usually a misplaced closing div tag.

Guest Speaker[edit | edit source]

Danielle Batson, Co chair of the Wiki Governance Council


Next week's guest speaker: Dorothy Horan, Historical Records team manager

Moderators and Adopters[edit | edit source]

Wiki Content[edit | edit source]

Wiki Support[edit | edit source]

Community Council Report[edit | edit source]

Items to pose to Community Council

Meeting Notes/Minutes[edit | edit source]

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